The state Joint Commission on Public Ethics forwarded a report to the state Legislative Ethics Commission in February. Though the panel didn't comment on its investigation at the time, its members previously acknowledged they were looking at allegations that Lopez had groped and harassed employees. The report has not been released.

Separately, Staten Island District Attorney Dan Donovan was named as special prosecutor to launch a criminal probe.

Assemb. Charles Lavine (D-Great Neck), co-chairman of the Legislative Ethics Commission, previously said his panel would not release the Lopez report until Donovan completes his investigation. Lavine declined to comment Tuesday.

The scandal erupted last summer when Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan) disclosed he approved paying $103,000 in public money to settle claims by some former Lopez staffers.